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W. E. FITCH.

WATER OR AIR PILLOW. No. 283,767. Patented Aug. 28, 1883.

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WILLIAM E. FITCH, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO FRANK G. HOVVLETTANDSARAHH. FITCH, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

WATER OR AIR PILLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 283,767, dated August28, 1883.

Application filed January 17, 1883.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM: E. Frrcrr, of Syracuse, Onondaga county,New York, have invented as a new article of manufacture a new andImproved Water or Air Pillow, of which the following is a specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 isa plan perspective, and Fig. 2 a

like view with a hose attachment.

The object of my invention is to create an article which, by simplechanges, can be adapted to and used for a variety of purposes.

It consists of a water or air pillow constructed with screw-stoppersinserted in both ends, one within a funnel integral with the body of thepillow and the other simply inserted in the end of the pillow, to whicha nipple and hose or rubber tubing can be readily attached or connectedin order to adapt the pillow to other purposes.

It is constructed as follows:

A is the body, constructed of any shape or material desired, and usuallyhaving at one 2 5 end a funnel extending out beyond the body, withinwhich a screw plug or stopper, B, is secured in the ordinary way, and atthe other end a screw-cap stopper, 0, secured to the body in theordinary manner.

The stopper B is constructed of about the shape shown in the drawings,and has two parts, one of which is attachedto the body, the head-piecescrewing into the other.

The stopper G consists of a base-piece at- 3 5 tached to the body andprojecting outward far enough to permit a cap piece to be screwed onover it, or to receive a nipple of such construc tion as to receive andhold a rubber tubing, D.

E is a handle.

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The pillow can be inflated with air by con- 0 'necting any ordinaryinflating device to one end. It can be filled with water by opening oneof the plugs, usually the one within the funnel, and after fillingclosing it again. When the tubingD is attached, it can be filled through5 the stopper B with any liquid desired, suspended by the handle, and,the stopper B being left open for a vent, the device becomes a reservoirfor a self-acting fountain-syringe.

I am aware that a water-bed has been con-. tructed in sectionscommunicating with each other and provided with induction and eductionpipes for maintaining a circulation of water therethrough, and do notclaim such as of my invention.

hat I claim as my invention is- 1. As an article of manufacture, a wateror air pillow consisting of a body, A, forming a single compartment, andhaving an opening adapted to receive a stopper, and means for suspendingthe pillow, located at one end, and at the opposite end having means forconnecting a discharge-pipe, or for the insertion or application of astopper, substantially as specified.

2. The water-bag A, providedwith the stopper B and handle E at its top,and with the stopperC at its bottom, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my 70 hand this 6th day ofJanuary, 1883.

\VILLIAM E. FITCH.

In presence of C. W. SMITH, Tnos. 'I. Bnnwsrnn.

